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The New Penguin Book of American Short Stories, from Washington Irving to Lydia
Kasia Boddy
| EAN Code | : | 9780141194424 |
| ISBN | : | 0141194421 | | Publisher | : | Penguin Classics | | Publication Date | : | 06/10/2011 | | Binding | : | Paperback | | Language(s) | : | English | | Weight | : | 227 gr. | | Dimensions | : | 196 x 127 x 23 mm. |
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Item Description
Paperback. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 320 Publisher: the Penguin PressClassics The short story is one of the MOST varied and exciting genres in American literature. This collection ings together many of its finest examples from the early nineteenth century to the PRESENT. It contains a richly diverse cast of characters. including convicts. artists. farm labourers. slaves. soldiers and salesmen. witches and ghosts. families and lovers. Their stories are told by some of America's most celeated writers Nathaniel Hawthorne. Edith Wharton. and Raymond Carver and a few. like Fanny Fern or Charles W. Chestnutt. who may be less familiar. The collection offers a stimulating combination of acknowledged classics. including Mark Twain's hilarious Jim Smiley's Jumping Frog and Edgar Allan Poe's chilling The Tell-Tale Heart . and some remarkable pieces that deserve a wider audience. such as ...
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